Benny runs away from his mother’s housecleaning, but finds that home is best.
Europe
Materials from Europe
The Tale Of The Unknown Island
A moving and eloquent fable from the 1998 winner of the Nobel Prize for Literature offers a unique blend of love and philosophy as a man petitions a boat from the king, finds a crew to volunteer, and sets sail to find an unknown island.
Babar’s World Tour
Babar and his family take a trip around the world.
Anthony and the Girls
Wanting the two girls in the sandbox to take notice of him, young Anthony breaks out all of his best tricks to get them to look his way but to no avail.
Smiling For Strangers
During the war, fourteen-year-old Nina flees from her village in Yugoslavia, armed only with some letters and a photograph, to search for an old friend of her mother’s in England.
Once Upon A Tide
A boy and a girl build a boat and sail off in their imaginations to find Captain Bart’s buried treasure.
Victorious Paints The Great Balloon
Victorious, a member of the unlucky Rattan family in rural France, becomes involved in a historic hot air balloon ascension and restores good repute to the Rattans.
You and Me
A mother goose and her child may travel far and wide, but they will always be fine just as long as they are together.
An Innocent Soldier
A sixteen-year-old farmhand is tricked into fighting in the Napoleonic Wars by the farmer for whom he works, who secretly substitutes him for the farmer’s own son.
The Wildest Brother
Wanting to keep his sister safe from all the elements that could do her harm, like monsters and beasts, young Ben fearlessly takes on all the challenges of the day to complete his task and live up to his courageous reputation.